David Frost (golfer)
| David Frost | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | David Laurence Frost |
| Nickname | Frosty |
| Born |
11 September 1959 Cape Town, South Africa |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb; 14.5 st) |
| Nationality |
 South Africa
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| Residence |
Paarl, South Africa West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Children | Sean, Noelle |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1981 |
| Current tour(s) | Champions Tour |
| Former tour(s) |
European Tour PGA Tour Sunshine Tour European Senior Tour |
| Professional wins | 29 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 10 |
| European Tour | 2 |
| Japan Golf Tour | 1 |
| Sunshine Tour | 5 |
| PGA Tour Champions | 6 |
| European Senior Tour | 2 |
| Other | 4 |
| Best results in major championships |
|
| Masters Tournament | T5: 1995 |
| U.S. Open | T15: 1986 |
| The Open Championship | 6th: 1987 |
| PGA Championship | T10: 1987 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Sunshine Tour Order of Merit winner |
1998/99 |
| Byron Nelson Award | 1987 |
David Laurence Frost (born 11 September 1959) is a South African professional golfer who currently plays on the Champions Tour. He has previously played on the PGA Tour, European Tour and Sunshine Tour. Frost has thirty professional tournament wins to his name, spread across four continents.
Frost was born in Cape Town, South Africa and matriculated at Paarl Boys' High School in 1977. He turned professional in 1981. He used to be a cigarette salesman. He scored his first professional win in his home country in 1983 and has continued to play in South Africa in the northern winter, but like other leading South African golfers he has spent far more time playing internationally. In line with many other Commonwealth golfers his first move abroad was to the European Tour and he played that tour from 1982 to 1984.
From 1985 he was primarily on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, where he went on to win ten tournaments, the most prestigious of which was the 1989 NEC World Series of Golf which he won by defeating Ben Crenshaw at the second playoff hole. He made the top ten on the PGA Tour money list twice, placing 9th in 1988 and 5th in 1993 and was ranked in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for 86 weeks between 1988 and 1994. By his forties, he was no longer a regular contender on the tour, but in 2005 he set the all time PGA Tour 72-hole putting record with 92 putts at the MCI Heritage while finishing only tied 38th.
Since 2007 Frost has re-established his career on the European Tour.
In June 2013, Frost won his maiden senior major championship at the 2013 Regions Tradition. He won by a single stroke over Fred Couples to claim his first major title in his 17th attempt. It was also his fifth career victory on the Champions Tour. In March 2015, Frost won his sixth Champions Tour title at the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic by a single stroke over Tom Lehman and Kevin Sutherland.
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